Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Communication and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 gained 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 25 were Melisron (TA:MLSR), which rose 2.95% or 390 points to trade at 13630 at the close. Meanwhile, OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK) added 2.41% or 140 points to end at 5958 and Isramco L (TA:ISRAp) was up 2.37% or 1.9 points to 82.1 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teva (TA:TEVA), which fell 1.15% or 270 points to trade at 23180 at the close. ICL Israel Chemicals Ltd (TA:ICL) declined 0.74% or 20 points to end at 2700 and Gazit Globe (TA:GZT) was down 0.67% or 31 points to 4619.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 209 to 124 and 121 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.50% or 0.30 to $60.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $63.87 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.70% or 8.30 to trade at $1177.50 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.10% to 3.8389, while EUR/ILS fell 0.35% to 4.3119.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.33.